Police arrest man after obstruction of fire service

    Police investigating the verbal abuse of the fire service in Tameside have made an arrest.

    At around 3.15pm on Wednesday 15 November, police were called to reports of a fire on Hawthorn Street in Audenshaw.

    Officers attended and found a fire which the fire service were attempting to put out.

    As they were extinguishing the fire, the fire crew were met with abuse from a man.

    He then attempted to relight the fire they had been putting out, and continued making threats toward the fire service.

    A 37-year-old man has now been arrested on suspicion of obstructing emergency workers.

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